“Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1–2).
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Intercession touches the heart of God.
Praying brings distinction to ourselves, and to those for whom we pray. It highlights them, and makes “nobodies” into “somebodies” before God. He turns His attention to them—just think of that! “So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one” (Ezekiel 22:30). Politicians, talkers, musicians: but not one intercessor. If He had found a man, his name would be in The Book, immortalized. To intercede means we join an elite company.
Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2016 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com
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